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Chicago,
Cincinnati,
AND OTHER PRINCIPAL CITIES

for the southeast VIA Little Rock and
all points North and East Double daily line u man
ito the
points ,s New Orleans Take the s M rn LOT
Laredo and intermediate points Passengers booked 20 ana non
Liverpool Steamship Line between New York h'deps
Wichita eagle., 1887-12-29

gulf. 1t simply means that Kansas City,
which has always held this trade. must
put on her fighting gloves, for she will
have several powerful competitors to
contend with which heretofore she
did not have. The St. Louis &
Frisco and the Union Pacific
now gives to the business
men of Ellsworth, and the farmers and
stock men of our country, the Denver
and California markets on the west, St.
Louis and the Gulf on the south and
Kansas City and Chicago on the east.
These embrace the best markets in the
United States and Ellsworth Is for
tunate enough in being so situated as to
reach them all
The country north and northwest of
here, not yet traversed by rail, is one OF
the richest agricultural section in the
west: well settled and an immense
business is waiting for the first line OF
road that reaches that country. The
Frisco people are wide awake and
know the Importance of reaching this
excellent farm and stock raising
district
Wichita eagle., 1887-12-29

KANSAS CITY MARKETS"

There is something wrong with either
the Kansas City live stock markets or
with the reports as furnished by the
Indicator to the associated press. Reid
ers of the EAGLE complain that for
weeks cattle have been reported at one
dollar more than the reports of actual
sales for the days specified showed.
Last week the EAGLES telegraph report
every day but one gave higher figures
than the report Of.the actual sales subse-
quently showed. This is a grevious
wrong and somebody is culpably care
less or designedly dishonest. The atten-
zion of the officers Of the associated press
is directed to this matter. The stock yards
of Kansas City can't afford any such
work
Wichita eagle., 1887-12-29

After all the gleefuI delight displayed
by Kansas City papers i'll parading be
fore the public in flaming headlines any
irregularity they may catch hold Of as
occurring at Wichita, ii appears. from
the following, which is taken from the
morning Sun. that that city is not a per-
sect paradise on earth. The Sun saws:
Kansas City is in state of lawlessness
and disorder almost bordering on terror
ism. No citizen l. safe from the assaults
of marauders. who. under cover OF dark
ness. commit violence and robberies with
out limit or restraint Nor a night has
passed for several weeks that some vanton
attack has not been made upon one or more
pedestrians. To be held up and relieved
of whatever valUableS may be on the per
son, has become 80 common as TO create
the widest alarm Ii the city was under
going famine or panic or other severe
calamity that would atfiict the poor with
hunger or want or reduce them To great
bodily distress there might be some excuse
or even paliiation for desperate acts TO pro
cure food.
We publish this more with sorrow than
otherwise and would not mention il at
all but for the persistence of the goodv-
goody papers of that place to magnify the
wrong doingS OF the evil disposed who
gravitate 10 this city. as such characters
do to that and every other in the land.
Such condition OF affairs are TO be re-
GREETED IN any community and where
they exist ought al least To remind their
spokesman of the adage Of glass houses
and stones.
Wichita eagle., 1887-12-29
WONDERFUL WICHITA.
The Next Thing She VIII be the New
Orleans Of the West.

From the Sterling Gazette.
The world will never cease to wonder
at the energy and enterprise which IN
less than quarter of century has trans
formed piece of open prairie to a city
OF metropolitan proportions, a city which
by its twentieth birthday viii number
not less than 100000 population. How
did the men in Wichita do this: The
story is a short one and may be illus
trated by the record Of the present year
during which the people of Wichita
have given over one and half million
dollars. and have secured forty-eight out
of eighty-three manufacturing enter
priseS.
The question with these men of Wich-
tia is not when will this giving cease:
but when shall we have other
opportunities to give with equal adj
vantage to ourselves? They have liter
ally enriched themselves by giving.
They have sent abroad a committee of
their leading men this week with prop
osition to pay 100000 for the location of
another packing establishment in their
city.
Their next move will probably be to
secure to themselves the right to be
called the New Orleans of the west by
locating at their city the largest and best
equipped sugar manufacturing plant in
the United States and preparing for their
own product and that of other factories.
The fact that millions of dollars will be
profitably invested III such enterprises at
some point is all that Wichita has to
know about it to cause her to reach out
her hand and say come" in terms that
can be readily understood.
Wichita eagle., 1887-12-29

1t is said that necessity is the mother
of invention, which is doubtless true in
the case of the inventive kentuckian
who has just produced cork puller with
which it is said bottle may be I'M
stopped almost instantly. Time is some
times very valuable in the land of Bour-
bon and Old Crow, and the saving effect
ed by the new method over the old cork
screw plan amounts to considerable, even
at two minutes to each draw, during the
year. A description of the new device
is omitted, inasmuch as it and its like are
articles for which there is no demand in
Kansas, consequently no interest.
Wichita eagle., 1887-12-29
METROPOLITAN POLICE.

The greatest carnival of intemperance
ever known in Topeka was witnessed in
this city on Sunday and Monday last.
The Capital lays the drunkenness to the
too free use of kansas City whisky BE
that as it may. the police court records
Were never 50 burdened with cases, even in
the balmy days when there were thirty or
more saloons in TOpeka,-Topeka Demo
GRAFT
What is sauce for the goose should be
food for the goslings. BY and through
the fact that Atchison and Topeka are
the homes of the Republican politicians
who run Kansas, these two places have
been saved from the rule of a police COM
mission instituted by law and named by
the governor and state officers Local
reason their cities have not been forced
under the rule is because their people
wouldn't have it. That is not so, out
side of the sense that certain clques of
each of these cities have the grip on the
powers that be- That the prohi-
bition law is as frequently VIC
lated in both Atchison and
Topeka as in Wichita. is notorious. As TO
the question of petition there are at least
thousand Democrats IN each Of the
cities named who would gladly sign the
petition. for the sake of the political
consequences. But according to the
decision of the appointing powers petit
tons are unnecessary. If the law is a
good one and the rule right. then Atch-
ison and Topeka should each be placed
on the same footing with Leavenworth.
Wyandotte and Wichita. If there is
anything narrow or unwarranted in this
demand will some one. outside of Atchj-
son and Topeka, please point it out,
holding in mind that the demand is not
made in the interest of the Democratic
party of Kansas nor because we have
any desire for further Republican de-
feats in the state through mugwump
commissions and their police-henchmen.
Wichita eagle., 1887-12-29

-Four pages If the Topeka Journal are
occupied by city ordinance taking in
500 different additions to the city whereby
her population has been increased 1000
We may soon expect to see similar pub
LEGATION in the Wichita papers taking m
all that is left of Western Kansas -New-
ton kanSan.
We have no doubt our Harvey county
ncighbor would be willin' Barkis in
such contamination as the last above
suggested. but we assure him that such
a crop will in no contingency be neces-
say in order to successfully cope with
our ambitious rival. Topeka might ex-
tend her limits to the confines of Shaw
nee county and Wichita would still have
sufficient overplus of population TO CON
stitute a number of good sized suburbs.
Wichita eagle., 1887-12-29

Never more popular and prosperous
than today, the Magazine Of American
History opens its nineteenth volume
with a wonderfully interesting January
number. .Thurlow Weeds Home in
New York City" where the great pol
itician resided during the last seventeen
years of his life, is richly illustrated with
exterior and interior views. and an adj
mraile portrait of MIR. Weed in his latter
years in the frontispiece to the number
The graphic and informing description of
the house. and It's distinguished Occu-
pant. is from the ready pen of the editor
of the magazine, who introduces ali ac-
count OF Mr.Weed's mary elOus experience
in France at a critical period in our civil
war, in his own exact language. \ fac
simile of one of President Lincoln's let
ters to Mr.. Weed accompanies this val
uable paper. The second contribution
to the number. Canada Reciprocity or
Commercial Union, by DR.. Prosper
Bender, is calculated to attract wide pop
ular attention.
Wichita eagle., 1887-12-29

claims to practical and economic legs
lation put forth by the administration OF
sham and wind.
Taken as whole, Mr.. Plumbs speech
on this occasion is a powerful arralgn-
ment Of one Of the most Extensively egot-
istic chief magistrates this nation ever
had. and complete expose of the re-
form pretensions of the Democratic
party. 1t lays bare TO the core the hol-
iowness and insincerity OF the loudly
Wanted Democratic claim to statesman
shin and administrative ability, and viii
serve to more fully open the eyes OF
the public to the incompetency and IN
efficiency of an administration whose
only distinguishing traits are stupidity
and gall
Wichita eagle., 1887-12-29

If the nomination of Mr.. Lamar is con
firmed he will have the rare distinction Of
being the only eX-United States senator
whose fitness for an office was waived for
the sake of courtesy. The very fact that
courtesy alone is to secure his coniirma-
ton is the strongest point against him,
and would be so humiliating TO most men
that they would ask the president to with
draw the nomination. Never before did
the senate say to former member OF that
body that he was permitted to take high
office simply because he had once been a
STANDARDIZATION Champion.
The allegations laid against Mr.. Lamar
touching his actions and expressions Of
disloyalty, which are no doubt true.
constitute sufficient grounds for the
rejection of his nomination to the SUI
preme bench, but that touching his fit
ness for the position is mislaid. Mr.
Lamar is one of the finest classical
scholars in the country, as well as well
versed in the law. His long public ser
vice ought to give him much familiarity
with national legislation, with which
he will have mainly TO deal if he be
comes a supreme Judge. Give the devil
his due.
Wichita eagle., 1887-12-29
WITHOUT DOUBT.

Leavenworth Times: The chatter Of
our exchanges to the effect that this or
that man is getting into line to be Sena-
tor Plumb's successor would do for an
issue, bearing date, April l. The Times
has seen and heard from many Republi-
cans in this section, and it has yet to see
or hear of the Republican who is not IN
favor of Mr. Plumb's reelection. 1t has
been foregone conclusion from way
back. Mr. Plumb's present term will
end March 3, 1889. He will begin his
next term March 4. 1889.
Wichita eagle., 1887-12-29

A step in the right direction has been
taken by Judge Powers. of Vermont,
who requires persons appearing before
him for naturalization to not only estab-
hsh the fact of good moral character.
but also to swear that they do not belong
to any organization in any wise inimical
TO the United States government. Ii this
course is pursued by courts generally. a
large class of undesirable foreigners will
he excluded from citizenship. No man
whose opinions are not in accord with
the laws of the land and the spirit that
anlmateS our republican form of govern
ment ought to have the rights of citizen
ship conferred upon him. This country
should no longer be made the refuge Of
men who believe neither in law nor GOV
eminent
Wichita eagle., 1887-12-29
Grlllllpn

With the three thousand and upwards
of religious sectS and denominations it
would seem that every individual in
Christendom ought to be able TO find a
place in which to repoSe his religious
belief. The good folk of ST. Paul. how
ever, appear TO have felt that there was
vacuum. long-felt want, So t. speak.
and number of them propose to ill it
with new organization. We beg mar
don for the intrusion upon the sacred
domain. but cannot refrain from the oh
servation that If half the effort were
put forth to comply with the plain teach
lngs of the great Exemplar as is exerted
by some to fathom the mysterious
of holy writ. skeptics would have less
ground TO rest their objections upon.
Wichita eagle., 1887-12-29

The sudden ending Of the strike on
the Reading railroad is but another
illustration OF the unwisdOm OF hasty,
inconsiderate action in matters involving
the interests of even one side OF contro-
versv. An ill-advised action may be
performed in a moment, the conse-
uuences of which no amount Of consid-
Grafton or reconsideration can undo. In
the case mentioned, as III a majority Of
cases. the strikers gained nothing but
lost much: not of time or money. per-
haps. but Of prestige. and moral intiu-
ence. not only with their employers but
with laboring people generally as well.
The trouble with the Knights of Labor,
and every other organization or depart
ment of society at large. as for that, is
that in matters affecting the whole the
constituted leaders are ignored by I'M
pulsive individuals, and what is made
the concern Of all often proves only an
imaginary grievance of one.
Wichita eagle., 1887-12-29
ONLY ONE MULE.

Here is a pleasing Kansas item from the
New York Herald, of a man who has just
visited Wichita. land tells remarkable
tale Of the collapse. One feature is a
street car line running through corn
field. with only one car and one mule. He
Says he has abandoned his land to be sold
for taxes These false and cruel stories
are sent out from St. Louis, Wichita's
bOasted friend, and we are kept busy deny
ing them However. we are obliged to call
on Colonel Murdoch TO hurry up the re-
serves.-kansas City Times.
SO far as St Louis is concerned.
Wichita has never received anything but
faint praise upon the one hand and
kicks upon the other, as vigorous as that
old sleepy town was capable Of. This
fact Wichita people are catching on to
in an encouraging way, of late. The
ost-Dispatch not satisfied with publish
ing the lie of boomer who had invested
one hundred and twenty dollars III a
suburban lot. expecting to realize a
fortune from it in six months. telegraphs
the squeal to the New York Herald. In
acknowledging the kind offices
of our esteemed contemporary
we will take occasion to say
that Wichita real estate, improved OF
unimproved. is the nearest thing to gold =,
except greenbacks, TO be found west of
the Missouri river As for the lone
mule" car, it happens that all OF
Wichita's suburban street car lines are
run by steam. But let the heather
roua
Wichita eagle., 1887-12-29

Senator Ingalls, has sent to the State His
toricad society photograph of the fly
leaves of John Browns Bible, given to
John f. Blessing. of Charleston, Va, just
before his execution. The photograph was
given Senator ingalls, by Hon. ID. b. Lucas,
of Charleston, who attended the trial and
witnessed the execution of John Brown
Newton Republican.
As long as it is an historical matter,
let's have it correct. The execution of
John Brown took place at or near Charles
town, Va, the home of Mr.. Blessing, and
not Charleston. w. Va. the home of Mr.
Lucas. A difference of two hundred
miles is not very much in these days of
rapid transit, but quite enough to CON
stitute an inaccuracy of historical data.
Wichita eagle., 1887-12-29
Our Se.ghbor First

Newton h&as4a-
II viii hardly fall to the lot q Harvey
and Mcpherson counties 70 zach occupy
a place on the Republican state tscket.
hence We must respectfully decline -
endorse the candidacy II Farmer
Smith. II Mcpherson, for governor. ~
Harvey has N Noble l. PreufI- a candi-
date for secretary q state man who s.
eminentlv qualified tor, ami WHO would
honor the position
Wichita eagle., 1887-12-29

Senator Hampton has introduced bill
for the publication by the government OF
a Prof. Gleason's book on horse training.
The senators peg leg is constant re-
minder of the perverseness of the merry,
uptamed Staad
Wichita eagle., 1887-12-29

If any of their constituency should
desire to address members of the Kansas
delegation in the lower house of con-
rress their communications will find
them at the following locations: f. \.
Morrill,. Cpl 18th street, northwest; E. Ii.
Funston. 905 18th street, northwest; B.
w. Perkins. Hamilton house: Thomas
RYAN. National hotel: John A. Ander
son, 1888 G street. northwest: f. j. Tur-
ner, 1913 Fifth street, northwest: 5. r.
Peters, Ebbit house.
Wichita eagle., 1887-12-29
THE ST. LOUIS AND FRISCO R r
ELLSWORTH Reporter.

Ellsworth Reporter.
The completion of the St. Louis <
San Francisco r. r. To Ellsworth this
week adds one more permanent i'm
provement to our city and the country
south, that viii prove 10 be OF greater
benefit than many realize. II gives Us
southern market that we did not have
for all our products, and opens up 10 US
the coal ana lumber fields OF the south
1t gives us direct line TO Wichita. the
metropolis Of Kansas, St Louis and the
Wichita eagle., 1887-12-29
The wharness of the Why fore.


Bent Murdoch of the ElDorado Repub-
lican. has discovered that Kansas ALWAYS
has big crops ON presidential years. II
Is a matter OF common observation that
fertilizers are always cheap and plenty
IN this country during 4 national politi-
cal canvass.
Wichita eagle., 1887-12-29

The election of half dozen Jews to
public office in New York in the fall was
Democratic trick, done with Interior
designs upon the purses of that wealthy
nationality. and not from any particular
feeling of friendship, you may be sure.
Wichita eagle., 1887-12-29
Topeka GROWS.

The Topeka State Journal of Tuesday
notifies the Hutchinson News that it did
wrong in accepting the official figures as
returned To the state touching the COM
parative populations of Wichita, Leaven-
worth and Topeka, for the reason that
Topeka. in view Of the surroundings, has
annexed several hundred tracts of land
in Shawnee county to the city Of To-
peka. which annexation has increased (:9
Topeka's population by ten thousand.
or which now gives Topeka forty-two
thousand people. We don't know how
the annexed" will take this proceeding
when aX-paying time comes, and don't
particularly care, but if Topeka expects
to show up bigger in the next census
than Wichita it will have to make a
stronger showing than forty-two thou
sand. We suggest that they take in
Shawnee county, entire, as, Judging
from the nineteen column ordinance
covering these new additions, there can
be but little now left outside Of the COR
poration.
Wichita eagle., 1887-12-29

The late Governor Bodwell, OF Maine,
gave. on an average. $40 every day of
the wear to the poor What a deposit
account he had with the great savings
bank of eternity. We dare say he is
now receiving il back with compound
interest
Wichita eagle., 1887-12-29

The Greeley County Republican is OF
The opinion that protection and prohibi-
ton make a neat pair. They are win
ners on the Sunfower course, and no
mistake
Wichita eagle., 1887-12-29

The reported burning and sacking of
the town of Ashland, Wis. Monday
night, sounds almost incredible for
times of profound peace, and reminds
one of the high handed acts of guerilla
bands in war times. The demonizing
effects of liquor were most forcibly Illus
trated in the action of the mob that
seemed to revel in the destruction
wrought by them.
Wichita eagle., 1887-12-29

In Colorado they capture outlaws by
blowing them up with dynamite. Per
haps this is the safer plan. but it don
speak very well for the courage OF the
sneriff.-Capita.
1t was evidently a matter OF discretion
which, YOU know. is the better part OF
valor.
Wichita eagle., 1887-12-29

Colonel Stewards letters from abroad to
the Wichita EAGLE numbered forty-eight.
they would make handsome volume
Newton Republican.
1t is down among the probabilities OF
the near future that those letters will
appear in that shape.
Wichita eagle., 1887-12-29

1t is trite old saw that love laughs at
locksmiths: and it might have gone on
and included the whole catalogue of
hindrances to cupid's coquests; neither is
it respector of places or circumstances.
for Adonis Brown and Venus Walker
found a trysting place in a flying cab
and their Gretna Green in a snow drift
near Olathe Monday night.
Wichita eagle., 1887-12-29

If the reception of the new opera, com
posed by the two Chicago amateurs,
de Koven and Smith. and presented for
the first time at the Chicago opera house
Tuesday night, was really accorded it,
as reported in the dispatches, it is certain
ly strong proof that there is nothing in
a name. There is as little OF the sug-
gestive in the name The Begun, as
there usually is in the jargon Of words
by the chorus in rendering the most pop
ular opera However. the more indis-
tingrshable the expressions the more at
tractive the harmony @ of the sharps and
flats and majors and minors, Just SO the
range compasses the gamut with two or
three bars added above.
Wichita eagle., 1887-12-29

Texas seems to be maintaining her
reputation as the abode of knights of
the road acquired after Missouris relin-
quishment thereof few years ago.
They ply their vocation upon the high
ways with the periodic regularity and
systematic daring of the Dick Turpin
regime, though at times with less deter
mined success. The last attempt just
south of the territory is represented as
having been failure as to securing the
coveted Doodle.
Wichita eagle., 1887-12-29

mistake.